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The UK’s Cat Lift Truck distributor and service provider,Briggs Equipment, has launched a new asset management tool ‘Speedshield’ that promotes optimum safety and efficiency, giving customers complete control over their fleet.
Taking control
With two-way communication between the truck and an online reporting system, all machine activity can be accessed anywhere in the world and can be linked to individual drivers. Speedshield can be programmed to read existing company ID cards ensuring that only licensed operators use a given machine.
peedshield encourages best- practice driver behaviour by enforcing a tailored HSE checklist on start-up. This standard feature gives users a paperless, online HSE compliance record with exceptions locking out a unit and informing appropriate supervisors.
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Speedshield is the second instalment of management tools developed by Briggs to work alongside BE Fleet, offering a range of modules so that users can select the options and solutions to match their exact needs and requirements. Options include:
• Zoning: enforce variable speed limits around a site or multiple sites.
• Two-way commands: control fleet performance and speed in real-time from any online PC.
• Impact detection: managers are immediately alerted by any significant impacts facilitating fast and efficient
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• Auto-shutdown suite: covering everything from unlatched seatbelts to impact emergency shutdown to idle time-outs
“We want our customers to be in full control of their fleet, minute-by- minute,” said BE Fleet divisional manager, Les Knight. “Speedshield gives customers the ability to be pro- active instead of reactive. It provides real-time fleet information instead of standard KPIs.”
New to the UK and Briggs Equipment, Speedshield directly impacts bottom-line costs by reporting in real-time on speed, truck efficiency, damage and misuse. Customers can then access this information on any internet PC through a web-based application, eliminating the need to buy an additional expensive software license, offering tiered levels of access and control. Crucially, customers have the option to send commands to their fleet or an individual unit, rectifying issues immediately.
With a control box rated up to 90v DC, Speedshield can be hardwired into any vehicle without the need for converters or additional connectors. Once fitted, Briggs’ BE Fleet team train the customer to use the system for independent fleet control. “The system connects via global roaming GSM that sources and connects to the strongest signals. This way, efficiency and control is kept to a maximum,” continued Les Knight. “Speedshield and BE Fleet are two- halves of a unique whole; severing forever the reliance of a fleet manager on the manufacturer or their supplier for KPI reporting or fleet control. We are breaking the mould and putting the customer at the heart of their fleet with their own online reporting and control.”
With customers such as Celanesse Assitate, Travis Perkins, Honda, Mars and Nestlé evaluating Speedshield and Kanes Foods having purchasing the system, it is already having a noticeable impact on the market.
“We have a unique product with unrivalled cost saving and efficiency benefits for all lift truck fleet users but we’re not sitting on our laurels,” said Les. “We are already on the next stage of development and in the very near future this technology could allow customers to pinpoint unit locations on online maps, anywhere in the world, locating assets to within a few feet.” ●
www.briggsequipment.co.uk
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